Sidney Poitier
Steve Jackson
Bill Cosby
Wardell Franklin
Harry Belafonte
Geechie Dan Beauford
Flip Wilson
The Reverend
Richard Pryor
Sharp Eye Washington
Calvin Lockhart
Silky Slim
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne
Congressman Lincoln
Paula Kelly
Leggy Peggy
Lee Chamberlin
Madame Zenobia
Johnny Sekka
Geechie's Henchman
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Slim's Henchman #1
Ketty Lester
Irma
Don Marshall
Slim's Henchman #2
Harold Nicholas
Little Seymour
Jophery C. Brown
Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)
Juanita Brown
Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)
Morris Buchanan
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
Richard L. Duran
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
Paul Harris
Police Officer (uncredited)
Stevie Mack
Church Member (uncredited)
Earl Maynard
Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)
Gene McDaniels
Member of the Choir (uncredited)
Marie O'Henry
Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)
Ray Parker, Jr.
Ray (uncredited)
Stack Pierce
Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)
Cyril Poitier
Rock (uncredited)
George Reynolds
Big Percy (uncredited)
Richard Warren
Driver (uncredited)
Sidney Poitier
Director
Charles Spurgeon
Special Effects
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Monty Westmore
Makeup Artist
Richard Wesley
Writer
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
Robert De Vestel
Set Decoration
Pembroke J. Herring
Associate Producer
Mickey McCardle
Production Manager
Melville Tucker
Producer
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunts